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Page 1
But when I speak of You , I Celebrate One who has had the Happiness of
possessing also those Qualities which make a Man useful to Society , and of
having had Opportunities of Exerting them in the most conspicuous Manner . The
Great Part ...
But when I speak of You , I Celebrate One who has had the Happiness of
possessing also those Qualities which make a Man useful to Society , and of
having had Opportunities of Exerting them in the most conspicuous Manner . The
Great Part ...
Page 6
If any of the neighbouring Gentlemen , not of our Turn , should take it in their
Heads to visit me , I should look upon these Persons in the same Degree
Enemies to my particular State of Happiness , as ever the French were to that of
the Publick ...
If any of the neighbouring Gentlemen , not of our Turn , should take it in their
Heads to visit me , I should look upon these Persons in the same Degree
Enemies to my particular State of Happiness , as ever the French were to that of
the Publick ...
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I fared very well at Dinner , and heard many other notable Sayings of their Heir ,
which would have given very little Entertainment to one less turn'd to reflection
than I was ; but it was a pleasing Speculation to remark on the Happiness of a
Life ...
I fared very well at Dinner , and heard many other notable Sayings of their Heir ,
which would have given very little Entertainment to one less turn'd to reflection
than I was ; but it was a pleasing Speculation to remark on the Happiness of a
Life ...
Page 27
... Motive in desiring my Attendance was to make me an happier Man , when you
think that will not be effected by my Remove , you will permit me to stay where I
am . Those who have an Ambition to appear in Courts , have ever an Opinion that
...
... Motive in desiring my Attendance was to make me an happier Man , when you
think that will not be effected by my Remove , you will permit me to stay where I
am . Those who have an Ambition to appear in Courts , have ever an Opinion that
...
Page 50
These Sort of Fellows are very numerous , and some have been conspicuously
such without Shame nay , they have carried on the Jest in the very Article of
Death , and , to the Diminution of the Wealth and Happiness of their Families , in
Bar of ...
These Sort of Fellows are very numerous , and some have been conspicuously
such without Shame nay , they have carried on the Jest in the very Article of
Death , and , to the Diminution of the Wealth and Happiness of their Families , in
Bar of ...
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| Title | The Spectator, Volume 4 Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Rhys. Essays [no. 164-167] The Spectator, George Gregory Smith |
| Contributor | George Gregory Smith |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent, 1913 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 16 Sep 2014 |
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